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Wilhelm Keitel signing surrender documents at the Soviet headquarters near Berlin, Germany, 8 May 1945	African-American troops read President Truman's Proclamation of Victory in Europe, Burma, 9 May 1945

Augusta off Portland, Maine, United States, 9 May 1945	Damage aboard HMS Formidable after being struck by Japanese special attack aircraft, Pacific Ocean, 4 May 1945

HMS Victorious on fire after being struck by Japanese special attack aircraft, off Sakishima Gunto (Islands), Japan, 9 May 1945	Ivan Konev in Prague, Czechoslovakia, 9 May 1945

Liberty parties returning from Honolulu board LCVPs in Pearl Harbor to return to their ships, 9 May 1945. The LCVPs are from attack transports USS Hyde, USS Colusa, and USS Effingham.	Royal Navy Avenger aircraft flying from HMS Indomitable in flight over Ishigaki Airfield, Ishigaki, Okinawa, Japan, 9 May 1945; note fire and explosions on the airfield

Soviet T-34 tank in Prague, Czechoslovakia, May 1945, photo 1 of 2	Soviet T-34 tank in Prague, Czechoslovakia, May 1945, photo 2 of 2

Soviet troops in Prague, Czechoslovakia, May 1945	Citizens of Ludwigslust, Germany made aware of the atrocities at a nearby concentration camp, May 1945

Generals Henry (Harry) Crerar and Miles Dempsey flank Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery at Montgomery’s headquarters at Lüneburg Heath, Germany, 10 May 1945.	JRS-1 aircraft at Langley, Virginia, United States, 10 May 1945

Leading petty officers of US Navy's new African-American logistics companies, Oahu, US Territory of Hawaii, 10 May 1945; front: Chase, Perry; rear: Vaultz, Williams, Beech, Cook	Red Army soldiers celebrating the victory in Berlin, Germany, May 1945

Soviet Army photographer Yevgeny Khaldei in Berlin, Germany, May 1945; note Brandenburg Gate in background	Soviet troops flying a flag atop Hotel Adlon on Unter den Linden, Berlin, Germany, May 1945

United States intelligence schematic of the Japanese MXY7 Ohka “Baka” bomb published 10 May 1945, just five weeks after the weapon’s discovery on Okinawa.	US Marine Private First Class Paul E. Ison running through Japanese fire at 'Death Valley', Okinawa, Japan, 10 May 1945